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Perhaps you are referring to Agnes McPhail. Agnes Campbell McPhail, an Ontario advocate for women's rights and workers' rights, made news in 1921 by becoming the first woman ever elected to Canada's House of Commons. The 1921 election was also the first when Canadian women could vote.

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